Canadian Lumber Production Declines -8.2% from March to April, Rises 45.4% Year-Over-Year

Statistics Canada (StatsCan) is reporting that Canadian lumber production by sawmills decreased -8.2% from March 2021 to 5170.3 thousand cubic meters in April 2021. However, production was 45.4% higher than in April 2020. In April, sawmills shipped 5329.9 thousand cubic meters of lumber, an increase of 2.1% from March and up from April 2020 by 24.5%.


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